Chosen just to be Rejected (by Jennifer Francis) novel Chapter 43

43 Sela She stood in Alpha Astors office locking at the six small children , that had just been brought into the pack by the Wolffem Council .

Saved from the black market and though they were washed and in clean clothes , they were all underfed and malnourished .

The smallest of them was just three years old and Bella sighed internally as she hunkered down and looked at them all Tim Bella , the pack doctor .

She told them and looked at each one of them in turn , smiling gerdy .

The initiated them all , Bell Aston told her .

But not yet allocated them families .

Its too soon for that Patrick stated From where they came from an adjustment period and trust building will need to done .

We dont have an orphanage .

She looked at Patrick as she stood up once more .

No , Aston stated , but I do have a four bedroom house available .

She nodded I can bunk in with them .

Bell stated Likely theyll need a doctor on hand 24/7 for the moment .

Im good with children , and so is Whit .

Itll be good for them to see a child thats a little older , whos happy and healthy , moving about freely Id appreciate that Aston nodded Ill let Malla know , she has met them already , off to check that house herself right this minute .

Bella nodded Whit and I dont need much , hell likely be happy sharing with the boys .

Alright , though go and talk to him first , before I commit you to that decision .

She nodded , and they all walked to the pack hospital , though the youngest one started to cry at seeing other wolves about , and Bella could smell the fear coming off of her .

She sank down and rolled her Lunas Calm at the little girl until she settled , then pick her up .

Bella understood why she was there , to help keep the children calm and be their doctor as well .

Mala was out looking at accommodation for the children .

There were half a dozen Luna rank wolves inside this pack , and all of them could use their Luna Calm .

It came in handy at times when Mala couldnt be everywhere at once .

Like right now , Aston was building trust with the children , as was Bella , and Mala was doing +8 Point : 43 the Lunas job of checking suitable accommodation .

Having many previously Luna ranked wolves also meant that Mala could be out there fighting , and Bella would be in the packhouse projecting calm over the children under the lockdown .

It was her in the packhouse because she had that aversion to fighting , all the other Lunas inside the pack , trained , due to the lives that theyd led .

Which shed found were far worse than what she had experienced .

Bella kind of looked at her life with Parker as a blessing now , the way hed treated her was decent , compared to the stories of other she wolves .

The beatings and abuse other she wolves got that had been sold off as Chosen Mates .

She might have been sold to Parker .

But her life had been normal compared to others .

Hed marked and mated her , nicely and not by force , treated her indifferently but also been respectful , never once harmed her , or struck her, beaten or punished her , certainly never brutalised her .

He was not a cruel , sadistic man , and shed been given a proper pack life to live , been his actual Luna , attended to all those duties , and been allowed to attain her degree , and hed let her work as she wanted , she now realised .

Never even once forced himself on her , didnt have to , shed enjoyed the s * x , still missed it sometimes , though Reed was good in bed .

There were no sparks of a Mate Bond .

Parker was never a selfish man in her bed , he liked knowing he could please her , wanted to .

Her life , though shed thought of it as being a slave to him , she now understood , was not that at all .

Not when some of these women had tales of actual brutality and chained servitude .

Alpha Patrick gave her their files after they were all settled , and she sat down in her office to read through them .

She hated reading some of the things in those files but needed their history to know how to handle them .

She and Cody sat in her office and conversed about their state .

Deciding together doctor to therapist what was likely going to be the best action to take for now .

She collected Whit from school that afternoon and walked him to the pack hospital as she told him about the children , and hed stared up at her with a frown on his face ; he looked just like Parker when he did that .

She had to shake it off .

She told him that shed offered the children to live with her and him until they were settled and could be rehoused .

Like brothers and sisters ? he asked after a minute .

2/5 43 +8 Point Yes , I guess like that .

She nodded What do you think ? Im okay with that , will have others to play with at home .

He smiled .

Bella chuckled , Yes , but you have to remember they might not want that right away , they could lash out in anger and fear .